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Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 4 is the current release of the Unreal Engine developed by . Unreal Engine 4 was the used by DONTNOD Entertainment to develop the game VAMPYR. History Creation The Unreal Engine is a developed by Epic Games, first showcased in the 1998 . Although primarily developed for first-person shooters, it has been successfully used in a variety of other genres, including , s, and other s. With its code written in , the Unreal Engine features a high degree of portability and is a tool used by many game developers today.The Imagination Engine: Why Next-Gen Videogames Will Rock Your World - , Archive URL Unreal Engine 4 On August 17, 2005, , the vice-president of Epic Games, revealed that Unreal Engine 4 had been in development since 2003.Rein: "We've been working on Unreal Engine 4 for two years" Until mid-2008, development was exclusively done by , CEO and founder of Epic Games.Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war The engine targets the of consoles, PCs and -basedNVIDIA Tegra K1 Preview & Architecture Analysis devices running announced in January 2014 at . In February 2012, Mark Rein said "people are going to be shocked later this year when they see Unreal Engine 4".Epic Revealing Unreal Engine 4 Later This Year Unreal Engine 4 was unveiled to limited attendees at the 2012 ,Unreal Engine 4 Behind Closed Doors at GDC and video of the engine being demonstrated by technical artist Alan "Talisman" Willard was released to the public on June 7, 2012 via .Epic Games debuts Unreal Engine 4Epic's Unreal Engine 4 'Elemental' Demo Lights Up the Uncanny Valley This demo was created on a PC with triple ( ) and can be run on a PC with a .The future of game development is in UE4. One of the major features planned for UE4 was real-time global illumination using , eliminating pre-computed lighting.Epic Reveals Stunning Elemental Demo, & Tim Sweeney On Unreal Engine 4 However, this feature has been replaced with a similar but less computationally-expensive algorithm prior to release for all platforms including the PC because of performance concerns on next-generation consoles.PS4: Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney Explains Lack Of Global Illumination In Unreal Engine 4 UE4 also includes new developer features to reduce iteration time, and allows updating of code while the engine is running. The new "Blueprint" visual scripting system (a successor to UE3's "Kismet"Unreal Engine - Introduction to Blueprints) allows for rapid development of game logic without using C++, and includes live debugging.Why Is Epic Games Promoting Unreal Engine 4 With A 'Flappy Bird' Clone?Epic's Tim Sweeney on How Unreal Engine 4 Will Change The Way Games Are Made, and Why You Care The result is reduced iteration time, and less of a divide between technical artists, designers, and programmers.How Unreal Engine 4 Will Change The Next Games You Play On March 19, 2014, at the , Epic Games released Unreal Engine 4, and all of its tools, features and complete C++ source code, to the development community through a new subscription model. Anyone can sign up for UE4 for , , and by paying $19 per month, plus 5% of gross revenue resulting from any commercial products built using UE4.GDC: Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 adopts subscription modelEpic opens up their Unreal development tools to everyone with a $19 subscription service CEO and founder of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, said that the new business model is a reflection of changes in the industry. Epic Games has traditionally made its Unreal Engine available to large AAA game development teams at a cost of millions of dollars but as the industry has evolved, Epic has had to "really rethink our whole business as to how we make the engine available to teams."Epic Games making Unreal Engine 4 available for $19 per month, starting todayWhy Epic abandoned its 'outdated' model and offered everyone access to Unreal Engine 4. GDC 2014: Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney says even Minecraft players should benefit from the firm’s game-making tech "Looking at the new shape of the industry now, we realize that's an outdated tool," Sweeney said. "Looking at the possibilities for the engine, we started from scratch and thought 'How can we make the engine available to more people?'".Watch Epic's just-released Unreal Engine 4 in action According to the Unreal Engine website, subscribers to the engine will be able to cancel and renew their subscription at any time. They will be able to retain access to UE4 tools, but will not receive access to future releases of Unreal Engine 4. Unreal Engine FAQ On September 3, 2014, Epic Games launched the Unreal Engine Marketplace, allowing UE4 subscribers to buy and sell community-created content of all shapes and sizes.Marketplace: Now Open For Business! In addition to all of the previously released free content, the new marketplace came with a variety of asset packs including full-scale environments, props, characters, sounds, materials, animated meshes, prefab C++ code and a number of other asset types as well as free demos and tutorials.Epic Games Opens Unreal Engine Marketplace to DevelopersEpic launches Unreal Engine Marketplace On September 4, 2014, Epic released Unreal Engine 4 to schools and universities for free, including personal copies for students enrolled in accredited video game development, computer science, art, architecture, simulation, and visualization programs.Putting Unreal Engine in the classroomUnreal Engine 4 is now free for educators On February 19, 2015, Epic launched Unreal Dev Grants, a $5,000,000 development fund designed to provide financial grants to innovative projects being built with Unreal Engine 4.title=Epic Games offers up $5 million in Unreal Dev GrantsEpic Games is giving away $5 million to Unreal Engine 4 developersEpic Games Wants To Give $5 Million In Grants To Unreal Engine Devs As of 2015, Unreal Engine 4 is available to everyone for free, and all future updates will be free,Unreal Engine 4 is Free for Everyonetitle=Unreal Engine 4 is now free-to-download for everyone with a selective royalty schedule.If You Love Something Set It FreeWhy Epic Games is giving away its game technology External Links * References }} Category:Developers Category:Production